Notes from Jan 3 meeting
Here are the notes from the committee Meeting of Jan 3, 2007.
NOTE: future meetings will be Tuesdays 9:45-10:45
ACTION ITEMS:
Draft faculty survey – Susan and James –draft by Jan. 16 meeting
Find faculty for NITLE Sakai pilot – Susan and James – ASAP
OK NITLE pilot application with Karen and Rick
Send NITLE application – DUE FEB 28
Draft functions matrix – Linda and Helen – draft by Jan. 9th meeting
We worked on three issues in this meeting –
How to get faculty input
Whether to apply for the NITLE Sakai pilot
What else do we need to know about the products
Faculty Input
We agreed to prepare and send a survey to the faculty, possibly two – one for faculty who use WebCT and one for those who do not.
Susan and James will draft the survey/s and we will discuss at the meeting two weeks from now.
The survey will serve partly as a needs analysis or wish list and ask questions like:
· What WebCT tools are used
· What tools do they want that are not on WebCT
· What tools in WebCT could be improved and how
· Student reactions
· For non-users, what do you need in a course management system
· Do you want to be involved in focus groups, etc. as part of the decision
· Are you interested in piloting the possible new system
By the last two questions it will be good for finding volunteers and participants.
It will also serve as a reminder to faculty that this process is going on.
The decision process with faculty will be:
· Send the survey
· Based on its results, convene a focus group
· Based on our analysis and focus group input reduce choices to 2
· Do demos for the faculty and students
· Reconvene the focus group of faculty, with students
· Decide on system to pilot
NITLE Sakai Pilot
We decided to try for admission to the Sakai project. If we are accepted but have by then decided not to use Sakai, we can drop out. Susan and James will seek out faculty who will be willing to participate.
Application deadline: Feb. 28, 2007
Pilot period: March –Dec. 2007
Function Matrix
To answer the question of what else we need to know about the products, we will prepare a matrix listing functions or characteristics and determining which products have them.
We will use this matrix in part to round out the faculty survey, and results from the survey to help define the matrix.
Linda and Helen will make a first draft and work on it with James at next week’s meeting.